Aelia Pulcheria (/ˈiːliə pʌlˈkɪriə/; Greek: Πουλχερία; 19 January 398 or 399 – July 453) was an Eastern Roman empress who advised her brother emperor...

two sons – future Emperors Arcadius and Honorius – and a daughter, Aelia Pulcheria. According to Laus Serenae ("In Praise of Serena"), a poem by Claudian...

Aelia Eudocia Augusta (/ˈiːliə juːˈdoʊʃə ɔːˈɡʌstə/; Greek: Αιλία Ευδοκία Αυγούστα; c. 401 – 460 AD), also called Saint Eudocia, was an Eastern Roman empress...

Pulcheria may refer to: Pulcheria (daughter of Theodosius I) (385–386), daughter of Roman Emperor Theodosius I and Roman Empress Aelia Flaccilla Pulcheria...

Aelia Eudoxia (/ˈiːliə juˈdɒkʃə -ˈdɒksiə/; Greek: Αἰλία Εὐδοξία; died 6 October 404) was a Roman empress consort by marriage to the Roman emperor Arcadius...

and the only ancient source to mention it, the cistern was built by Aelia Pulcheria, who at the time was a construction advisor to her brother, the emperor...

Pulcheria (c.378-c.385) was the daughter of Roman Emperor Theodosius I and Roman Empress Aelia Flaccilla. She died in childhood, shortly before her mother...

– Emperor Theodosius II, age 13, yields power to his older sister Aelia Pulcheria, who reigns as regent and proclaims herself empress (Augusta) of the...

Theodosius II (r. 402–450). Following the example of her older sister Aelia Pulcheria she took a vow of virginity, but unlike her, she never married, devoting...

protected by a high wall, and fronted by a garden. In 450, Empress Aelia Pulcheria began to construct a church near an ayazma or holy water spring situated...